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About Me

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HISTORY
I come from a small family in a small town in Oxfordshire and then I spent three years living in typical student digs in the seaside city of Portsmouth. I loved my time at Uni and I miss the beach but it's beautiful here and I make do with the river and the historical buildings. I met some wonderful people during my time as a student and I hope we stay in touch! I'm living in the real world now, so it's goodbye student craziness and hello responsible life! I'm living with my 100% Perfect Boy (if you don't get it, read some Haruki Maraukami) and we have two adorable guinea pigs, several fish, and an allotment!
FUTURE PLANS
My dream is to be a children's author and work in children's publishing to fund my writing. Everyone has to start somewhere though so I'm doing some general office experience at the moment and when my contract runs out I hope to do some work experience with a local publishing company. It'll be a long hard slog to get where I want to be, but definitely worth it!
I LOVE ....
I'm very much a people person, and the people I love are the most important thing in my life. I don't come from a big family but I love the relatives I have to bits. Then there's Danny, who I've been with for nearly 18 months now, and who makes me happier than I ever thought I could be. And of course, there's my friends; from school, from halls, from my course, and from various other places along the way. I enjoy listening to music on my JenPod (a 21st birthday present, thanks Mum and Dad!), reading, writing, and taking pretty pictures of anything and everything.
I WISH ...
♥ To have my dream career
♥ To breed guinea pigs
♥ To have ducks, pigs, and a Shetland Pony!
♥ To live/stay in a lighthouse
♥ To have some of my writing published
Everyone seems to have abandoned MySpace for Facebook lately which is fair enough but I think we should keep this place for the much cooler profiles! So feel the MySpace love and leave me a comment :-)

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

I'm very lucky because I already know a beautiful collection of people who are more wonderful than I ever could have hoped for in a group of friends, family, and boyfriend. They're the kind of people who make me smile as soon as they walk into a room, and make the world a better place, just by being who they are.

I would, however, not turn down the opportunity to meet someone famous (but cool).

This is my daemon Erasmus. I'm really looking forward to the realise of The Golden Compass film in December because some of it is set in Oxford so I should recognise the locations!

I don't really accept friends requests from randomers (people or bands) but if you recognise me or genuinely know me, feel free to hit that 'add' button and let MySpace work its magic!

If you were lucky enough to be at the gig in the video below, you'll known how cool the moment is. Johnny and the band stopped right before the final Iris chorus, everyone was screaming, he 'shushed' us all, and then the band, him, and the crowd sing together. Loved it!
Iris - Goo Goo Dolls

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Music:

I object to being pigeon-holed by my taste in music but if

I think you should keep your ears on:
Red Light Drive (formerly Alansmithee)
Edwin McCain
Alex Band (of The Calling)
Accolade
Matt Pond PA

They can all be found on my friends list if you fancy a listen!

I'm a big fan of live music and waste way too much of the money I don't have on gig tickets. My favourite venue is Shepherd's Bush Empire in London, closely followed by The Zodiac (now The Carling Academy) in Oxford. I fulfilled my dream of going to The Wedgewood Rooms whilst at Uni!

I have no gigs lined up :-(

Movies:

I used to be really into films but my interest has dwindled over the years. I'm partial to a good chick-flick, comedy or psychological thriller but will watch pretty much anything as long as it doesn't have ghosts or giant spiders in it. I *love* the Bridget Jones movies, Pirates of The Caribbean (helloooo Johnny!) and things I used to watch when I was younger such as Mary Poppins.

The best recent films I've seen are:
Blood Diamond
HAPPY FEET!
Bridge To Terabithia

I am eagerly awaiting the December release of the film adaptation of Philip Pullman's Northern Lights. It's got the US book title and so is called The Golden Compass and stars Nicole Kidman and Daniel Craig. I love the books and the play was amazing, so I hope the film lives up to the legacy!

Television:

I don't watch much TV but I have a lovely collection of boxsets of shows gone past to keep me going: Dawson's Creek, The OC, Roswell, Alias, and Sex & The City.

Now I'm working I can't watch To Buy Or Not To Buy *sniffle* but am hooked on The Restaurant. Laura and Jess to win!

Books:

In my opinion, the best book ever written is Northern Lights by Philip Pullman, although I would highly recommend the rest of the trilogy to accompany it. I'm aware they're childrens' books and that as a Creative Arts with English graduate my favourite book should probably be something more classical but I don't care! If I was allowed to do my dissertation on children's fiction, that's good enough for me! And it can't have been terrible, because I got 68% for it :-)

I love a good bit of chick lit, and anything with a moving (but not too political) storyline. I'm enjoying reading for pleasure now I've finished Uni and am slowly making my way through my pile of books I've been wanting to read for ages!

Heroes:

My parents are my heroes; they're amazing!

adopt your own virtual pet!

Play with Dumpling, you can make him jump, flap, fall in the water, and feed him fish. You know you want to!

My Blog

Falling into place ...

This is basically a YAY post because: I have a job interview with Creation Theatre on 5th April to work as a Sales and Marketing assistant for the summer thereby providing me with experience to work ...
Posted by Festival Jen on Thu, 22 Mar 2007 05:44:00 PST

HAPPY ANNOUNCEMENT

I am pleased to annouce that I shall be attending the Isle of Wight festival again this year! Yayness! click here to see who's playing: http://isleofwightfestival.cmail1.com/email/147351/maili...
Posted by Festival Jen on Wed, 21 Feb 2007 03:13:00 PST

Grrrrrr job hunting!

So ... ... after I made the not-so-wise decision to quit my job after the summer, I decided that a temporary Christmas job would be the way to go. I only want to work in my first semester (until ...
Posted by Festival Jen on Wed, 15 Nov 2006 01:35:00 PST

Give Muffin Lots Of TLC !!!

Give Muffin lots of TLC ... He's now the only guinea pig (even though it's meant to be a hamster ... shhh) I have! My baby Cocoa died today He was almost 5 years old, and was the lovechild (nau...
Posted by Festival Jen on Mon, 17 Apr 2006 02:17:00 PST

She's Back !!!!

I'm sure you've all been crying yourselves to sleep waiting for my return to MySpazz/ The Net/ Civilisation ... well, here I am! The six days I spent in the New Forest were ... well ... too long. Don'...
Posted by Festival Jen on Fri, 14 Apr 2006 06:53:00 PST

Lyrically Speaking ...

I'm giving up on everythingBecause you messed me upDon't know how much youScrewed it upYou never listenedThat's just too badBecause I'm moving onI won't forgetYou were the one that was wrongI know I ...
Posted by Festival Jen on Tue, 28 Mar 2006 02:43:00 PST

All About Me ....

Thought I'd share the most interesting/accurate results from the love quizzes I did. Your Love Life Secrets Arehttp://images.blogthings.com/yourlovelifesecretsrevealedq uiz/love.jpg" height="100" width...
Posted by Festival Jen on Sun, 19 Mar 2006 06:02:00 PST

It all comes down to you!

This is basically an "I LOVE YOU" blog entry. For everyone at Uni who's been there for me this year. I know I ended my last entry on a similar note but it really is true. Despite all the bad thi...
Posted by Festival Jen on Wed, 15 Mar 2006 05:44:00 PST

Sunny by Day, Snowy by Night

Staring right back in the faceA memory can't be erasedI know, because I triedStart to feel the emptinessAnd everything I'm gonna missI know, that I can't hideAll this time is passing byI think it's ti...
Posted by Festival Jen on Thu, 02 Mar 2006 02:03:00 PST

Jen: New to MySpace and 32% Girly!

So, after shaking my head and wondering how on Earth John-James manages to spend/waste so much time on myspace, I've got the bug, and here I am! As a newly-single lass, I may as well check I'm still a...
Posted by Festival Jen on Fri, 24 Feb 2006 11:43:00 PST